Guan Yu, as the most famous warrior in the Three Kingdoms period, almost became the first military general after Lü Bu's death, especially after possessing the attribute bonus of the Red Rabbit Horse.
In the Twenty-fifth Episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
Tuntu Shan Guan's three things, saving the white horse Cao Cao to break the siege.
When Guan Yu helped Cao Cao relieve the siege of Baima, he had a fight with Yan Liang, one of Yuan Shao's most important generals. Saying that it was a big war, in fact, it was a small fight, Guan Yu rode a red rabbit horse and rushed over, and with the momentum of lightning not being able to cover his ears, he killed Yan Liang at once, and Yan Liang had not yet reacted. The relevant descriptions in the speech are as follows:
"Yan Liang was under the cover, and when he saw Guan Gong rushing forward, when Fang wanted to ask, Guan Gong was fast and had already run to the front; Yan Liang was caught off guard, and was stabbed by Yun Chang with a knife in his hand."
Another general under Cao Cao at the time, Xu Huang, also fought with Yan Liang. But as a result, there was no victory, and twenty rounds of gray and slippery escape back into the line.
Xu Huang responded, fought with Yan Liang for twenty years, and was defeated by the main front. The generals will be chestnut. ”
However, many years later, these two partners who had fought Yan Liang successively became hostile opponents of the camp. Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, and raised the jingzhou army to attack Cao Cao in the northern expedition, not only attacked Xiangyang, but also hit all the way to the bottom of Fancheng, forcing Cao Cao's generals, Cao Ren, who was known as the first defender of the Three Kingdoms, to defend Fancheng and had to send a letter of help to Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao received Cao Ren's plea for help, he immediately sent two reinforcements, one for Yu Ban Jia Pond and one for the same time as Yu Ban.
Five sons of a good general
One of Xu Huang.
At the beginning, it was Yu Ban who was sent, but before he could officially fight with Guan Yu, he was flooded by Guan Yu and the deputy general Pang De, and Xu Huang was even captured alive by Guan Yu.
As a last resort, Cao Cao sent a second reinforcement, this time under the command of Xu Huang. After Xu Huang arrived in Fancheng, he and Guan Yu fought a big battle, not only between the two armies, but also a single fight between Xu Huang and Guan Yu.
But surprisingly, Xu Huang, who was the ghost of Yan Liang under Guan Yu's sword, could only hold out twenty rounds, but this time he was forced to tie guan Yu with a record of eighty rounds.
So why was Xu Huang, who was far inferior to Guan Yu, who was far inferior to Guan Yu, be able to match Guan Yu when compared with Yan Liang? Or maybe Guan Yu could easily kill Yan Liang, why didn't he kill Xu Huang, who was far inferior to Yan Liang after eighty rounds?
First, Guan Yu is better than Yan Liang, and there are too many unexpected elements of luck
The original text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Liu Bei was in Yuan Shao's army at that time, and Yan Liang saw Guan Yu riding a red rabbit horse and found that this person looked very similar to Liu Bei's second brother. Yan Liang just wanted to ask Guan Yu to confirm his identity, and he didn't want to fight with Guan Yu.
And Guan Yu rushed over and involuntarily shot at Yan Liang. In addition, Guan Yu was riding a red rabbit horse that could travel thousands of miles a day, running fast. How to say it, maybe Guan Yu at that time rushed to Yan Liang's side like a red lightning, Yan Liang had not yet returned to his senses, and he did not have time to resist, and he was killed by Guan Yu's knife.
Therefore, at the time of this Guan Yu War, it was not Yan Liang's true strength at all, and Yan Liang at that time was actually a small soldier who sat and waited to die. And Yan Liang, who was fighting with Xu Huang, really played the full combat strength of the battle with Xu Huang, because he knew that Xu Huang was indeed the enemy, a general under Cao Cao's hands.
Second, Guan Yu was injured in his right arm at that time, and his combat strength was greatly reduced, far less than in his heyday
In the Battle of Xiangfan, guan Yu won the battle with Pound, but he was also shot by Pound, or a poisonous arrow. In order to treat the arrow wound, Guan Yu also specially found one of the most famous divine doctors at that time, Hua Tuo (and Zhang Zhongjing), to treat his injuries.
Hua Tuo scraped Guan Yu's bones to heal his wounds, although it was cured, but in the short term, Guan Yu's right arm still had little strength. After all, the old saying is good, it hurts the bones for a hundred days. Therefore, in the big battle with Xu Huang, Guan Yu's right arm was not strong, and he was not left-handed, he originally relied on his right hand to make a knife, and this time his right arm was half crippled, which was equivalent to a direct sharp reduction in combat effectiveness.
In the Seventy-sixth Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
Xu Gongming fought the battle against Shuishui, and Guan Yunchang defeated Maicheng
Zhong also said that Guan Yu was very confident that he could do it over Xu Huang:
"Xu Huang and I have an old relationship, and we know their ability very well; if he does not retreat, I will cut him off first, so as to warn Wei generals."
He understood very well what xu Huang's great defeat itself was all about, not that he could not fight.
This chapter goes on to say:
"Although gong is extremely skilled in martial arts, he finally has less strength in his right arm." Guan Ping was afraid of public loss, and the fire was fierce. ”
It can be seen that it was only because his right arm caused a great reduction in combat strength that he did not kill Xu Huang in a short period of time, and his son Guan Ping was worried about him, so Mingjin called him back.
Third, after a long period of time, the strength and weakness of martial arts will be improved and strengthened
It is said that Shi Bei was treated with astonishment on the third day, and even Lü Meng, after a few days of study, went from a mangy man who could not read a few characters to a general who was familiar with reading military books, let alone Xu Huang.
Xu Huang and Guan Yu had not seen each other for many years, and after so many years, Xu Huang would not always eat dry food. And Xu Huang himself is a very motivated person, through the accumulation of training, his martial arts have improved in common sense.
Therefore, all aspects summed up, guan yu did not win Xu Huang in eighty rounds at that time, which was also excusable and completely understandable.